diff --git a/Readme.md b/Readme.md
index ebb41f9..69a8c10 100644
--- a/Readme.md
+++ b/Readme.md
@@ -242,6 +242,6 @@ Remove the latest 3 commits:
 
  Updates git extras. clones the repo to _/tmp/git-extras_, make installs, then cds back to the origin directory.
 
-## git-setup
+## git-setup [dir]
 
-Set up a git repository if one doesn't exist, add all files and make an initial commit.
+Set up a git repository if one doesn't exist, add all files and make an initial commit. _dir_ defaults to the current working directory.
diff --git a/bin/git-setup b/bin/git-setup
index 0320523..5c58462 100755
--- a/bin/git-setup
+++ b/bin/git-setup
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-test -z "$1" && echo "path required." && exit 1
-cd "$1"
-test -d .git && exit
-git init && git add . && git commit -m 'Initial commit'
+dir=${1-.}
+cd $dir \
+  && git init \
+  && git add . \
+  && git commit -m 'Initial commit'